Ever since last night, I have been thinking really hard about vanity and all it entails in this world. We all love to dress up and look our best. But what is truly our "best"? Does it mean to devalue our inner-most values, beliefs, and thoughts? Ignore what our heart tells us? Ignore what our conscience tells us? Vanity and uncertainty are so obviously linked but we often fail to accept this fact. We make ourselves believe that vanity is forever a friend of ours that will constantly be with us throughout every milestone in our lives, forgetting that it is uncertain whether we will even live to see another day.
And then, there is uncertainty in general that remains constant throughout life. This, my dear friends, is that life-long companion whom we have completely shut out of our lives. Have you ever felt that feeling of excitement and dread, all at the same time, when you are about to embark upon a new journey in your life? Wondering whether you will be happy and successful or just plain sad and miserable. Emotions conflicting, never-ending questions, This lasts for a few hours, days, weeks, months..depending on how resilient you have become. And then, you take the plunge, you reach your destination, you achieve your goals and the uncertainty just disappears until you reach another grand milestone in your life. What about those hours, days, weeks, months in between? Do you ever think twice before acting? Do you ever question the uncertainty of the next minute? Of the next hour? How about the next day? Or the week? And so on. Simply stated, we do not.
We have held vanity so close to us that we suffocate ourselves, while uncertainty longs to be breathed in...
And then, there is uncertainty in general that remains constant throughout life. This, my dear friends, is that life-long companion whom we have completely shut out of our lives. Have you ever felt that feeling of excitement and dread, all at the same time, when you are about to embark upon a new journey in your life? Wondering whether you will be happy and successful or just plain sad and miserable. Emotions conflicting, never-ending questions, This lasts for a few hours, days, weeks, months..depending on how resilient you have become. And then, you take the plunge, you reach your destination, you achieve your goals and the uncertainty just disappears until you reach another grand milestone in your life. What about those hours, days, weeks, months in between? Do you ever think twice before acting? Do you ever question the uncertainty of the next minute? Of the next hour? How about the next day? Or the week? And so on. Simply stated, we do not.
We have held vanity so close to us that we suffocate ourselves, while uncertainty longs to be breathed in...
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